Hello and welcome to my storyboard. In this series, we will look at, on average, how long people are living now versus the recent past.


Let’s kick things off with a common first step.


Going to look at how life expectancy has changed per country over time.



World shape file sourced here.

Looking at this another way…


Now zooming in on the African continent.



Africa shape file sourced here.

But what about the other 27 countries, who show a more prolonged and steady decline?



Estimates for HIV prevalence in Sub-Saharan African countries in 2001 sourced here

So what have we observed about the length that people are living …(PART 1)


So what have we observed about the length that people are living …(PART 2)


Bringing things closer to home in South Africa.


Final words.

Data visualisation is a useful tool, made more readily available with ever improving software and computing power.

With the amount and novel types of data that is being collected daily, the ability to make sense of it is fast becoming a necessary skill in almost all fields of work.

This storyboard serves to showcase my own interest in this area and to convince you of the value of data visualisation.

I hope you found this project intriguing.

KN